Progressive Era

poverty.” Prudish and narrow-minded are excellent terms that describe how the people from the Victorian era are portrayed. The Victorian era was a time when the legs of a table had to be concealed under cloth so that it was not suggestive in any way. Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a prominent author in the Victorian era. By the age of forty-one, Tennyson became the most popular poet of the Victorian era. “The Lady of Shalott” is a famous poem written by Tennyson that expresses a great deal of…

Phenomenon of vampires is highly incorporated in today’s popular culture with a large number of books, films, and TV-series about them emerging every year. Still, many people cannot deny that Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is an exceptional literary creation that stood at the origins of the cult of vampires. Not only did this Victorian novel, written in 1897, become a landmark piece of gothic literature, but also it defined the contemporary form and image of vampires and paved the way for multiple…

The experience of gender plays a significant role in each human life. Gender can be extremely liberating, granting one a comfortable label through which to identify oneself. It can also be an unbearable burden given by society, laced with a set of predetermined characteristics and stereotypes. Although different societies throughout the ages have given and assigned such burdens to members of both genders, women have arguably been hit the hardest by societal expectations based on gender. One of…

time and attempts to provide an explanation as to what the inhabitants of the time deemed important. The span of the century that “Household Gods” covers is known as a time when religion was at its plateau in the eyes of scholars who canvassed the era. Cohen’s biggest argument is…

Queen Victoria is most interesting to me because of her successful reign during the Victorian Era, everything she accomplished in Britain, and the unique life she lived compared to most other monarchs. I consider Queen Victoria’s reign during the Victorian Era very successful, because she became one of the longest-reigning monarchs of the British Empire. This was most likely because she was crowned at such a young age compared to most of the other monarchs. Victoria accomplished a lot for her…

Introduction: The Victorian Period begun in 1837 the year Victoria became queen, and ended in 1901 when she dies. This period was the great age of the English novel with realism, thick plots, crowded with characters, and very long. Formerly, it was the ideal form to describe life and to entertain the middle class. However, some of the writers that were very recognized were Charles Dickens, full of drama, humor, and a variety of characters, complicated plots, and a portrayal of how urban life…

Most of Charles Dickens’ novels are inextricably linked to the setting which is utilized to portray themes, reflect on character personalities, situations and emotions. London and Kent are places that become the haven for his characters and their development. Great Expectations is set in Victorian England during the nineteenth century, a time when social changes were occurring at a fast pace throughout the nation. The Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth century had transformed the…

Throughout the ages there have been many types of societies on how men and women should act and how women are supposed to be. Many different novels and movies portray different things. In the Novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin the setting is in Grand Isle during the late 1800s. In the Awakening society is based off of the creole lifestyle and is prominent and expected. Adele, Edna and Madame Reisz are friends and characters who are very different in the way they live life and in the way they…

English literature is very diverse but one of the most important parts of it is the English novel. The English novel was born in the first half of the 18th century with a fictional vibe. Then at the beginning of the 19th century, “it is with Jane Austen that the novel takes on its distinctive modern character in the realistic treatment of unremarkable people in the unremarkable situations of everyday life”, (Southam). Austen is considered one of the best writers in all history. She wrote a bunch…

Through the Looking Glass, published in 1971, is a work of children’s fiction by Lewis Carroll. It is the famous sequel to Carroll’s first novel Alice in Wonderland, although it has no reference to its events. Generally referred to as ‘‘nonsense literature’’, it is a story full of humour, riddles and rhymes, all throughout while acting as a satire on the people in Carroll’s life at the time. Unlike general children’s novels that are written to instruct and educate, Carroll’s writings could only…